Belgian investors consider crowdfunding platforms

By: Adrien Paredes-Vanheule | 25 Feb 2016

In its January 2016 retail investor survey, ING Belgium has collected views of Belgian investors on crowdfunding as an alternative investment.

Peter Vanden Houte, chief economist at ING Belgium, reports that crowfunding platforms slowly gain popularity among local retail investors with half of them saying they understand what lies under the concept of crowdfunding.

Some 32% of the investors surveyed said crowdfunding is to become an important source of funding for Belgian companies in the near future.

However, only 6% have already used a crowdfunding platform.

Belgian investors interviewed consider crowfunding a fund investment rather than a sponsoring as 71% of them said they expect returns if they are to make investments on dedicated platforms.